Edson P @EdsonAuthor

Tech guy by day. Told my son a bedtime story about an octopus with 10 tentacles. Now it's a novel. Querying. 🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity Republic of the Philippines Joined May 2026

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

2 days ago

Track 1 is called 'Wake Up.' It's a lullaby. Ben's mother sings it to him before he hatches. It's the first sound he hears in the world. She dies in Chapter 1. The whole story starts with a goodbye. 🐙🎵

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

3 days ago

I never told my son what Ben's extra tentacles are supposed to represent. I wanted every kid to decide for themselves. The kid who feels too loud. Too quiet. Too much. Not enough. Ben is for all of them. 🐙#MGlit

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

5 days ago

Why a soundtrack for a children's novel? Because every character in this story carries something too big for words alone. 10 songs. 10 characters. Each one written from inside their moment — not about them, but as them. The book tells the story. The songs live inside it. 🎵🐙

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

a week ago

You don't hear often: I also wrote a 10-song original soundtrack for the novel. Not as a gimmick. Each song belongs to a specific character. I've hired a Filipino composer with QCinema film scoring credits to bring it to life. Production started. 🎵🐙#BookSoundtrack

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

a week ago

22 total queries sent. 5 rejections. 17 pending. The waiting is its own full-time job. Good thing I already have one of those. 😅 #AmQuerying

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

2 weeks ago

Ben's philosophy on worry: 'If it turns out good — you worried for nothing. If it turns out bad — you deal with it then.' I wrote that line during revision and realized — I needed to hear it too. Sometimes you write the book. Sometimes the book writes back. 🐙#MGlit #KidLit

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

2 weeks ago

Meet Shrimpy. Cleaner shrimp. Self-appointed cleaning station owner at the Graveyard of Kings. Has a business sign that says 'Fry Cleaning' because his assistant Fred can't spell. Do not call him 'just a shrimp.' He will have words. 🦐 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #CharacterSpotlight

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

2 weeks ago

I also wrote a 10-song original soundtrack for the novel. Not as a gimmick. Each song belongs to a specific character. I've hired a Filipino composer with QCinema film scoring credits to bring it to life. Production started. 🎵🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #BookSoundtrack

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

2 weeks ago

20 queries sent. 3 rejection in. Still standing. Still typing. Still refreshing my email like it owes me something. This is the job. 🐙 #AmQuerying #bententacles #WritingCommunity #MGLIT

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

3 weeks ago

My son used to ask me every night: 'Dad, tell me about Ben.' I didn't know I was writing a novel. I thought I was just trying to get him to sleep. Three years later, Ben Tentacles and the Legend of Silver Tusk is complete 🐙 #MGlit #booktok #bententacles

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

3 weeks ago

The first thing Ben's mother ever said to him: 'Those extra tentacles are not just for you. They are for helping others.' She died minutes after saying it. He spent 38 chapters trying to understand what she meant. 🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #AmWriting

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

3 weeks ago

Just joined the #WritingCommunity. Dad, tech guy, first-time novelist from the Philippines. Querying a MG fantasy about an octopus with 10 tentacles and a walrus prince with tusks too small for royalty. Neither of them belongs-until they find each other. 🐙 #MGlit #AmQuerying

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Edson P @EdsonAuthor

4 weeks ago

My son couldn't sleep one night. So I made up a story about an octopus with 10 tentacles who thought that made him a monster. Three years later, it's a novel. Some bedtime stories refuse to stay in bed. 🐙 #MGlit #WritingCommunity #AmQuerying